SHOUT OUTS/ANSWERS

Twilight Gleek: Thank you. Here's more.

Dark-Supernatural-Angel: Yep. We'll see. Again, we'll see. Thank you. The reason for that is because Casey hurt her ankle while she was demorphed and it got slammed into a wall (a regular human injury), whereas the gash on her chest came from Samarin's weapon (a magical injury) and would take more time to heal regardless of healing abilities brought on by the Power. Sorry for the confusion. Sorry this isn't soon enough. Yeah, that didn't work out the way you wanted, did it?

DISCLAIMER

Power Rangers belongs to Haim Saban and Nickelodeon. Bandora is from ZyuRanger, and I'm not sure who owns that. Life With Derek belongs to Canadian Television and Disney. I only own the plot.

"Casey," Derek said nervously. What the heck is going on here? he wondered.

"What's the matter, Derek? Don't like what you see?" Casey mocked as her eyes returned to their natural color. She then strode past him, shoving him and headed out. He stared for a minute and then hurried after her. To his surprise, he saw her throw a rock at a car window.

"Hey! Hey!" he shouted, running up to her. "What are you doing?" he questioned, grabbing her arm. She broke free of his grasp.

"I'm just having a little fun, Der-ek. What does it look like?" she sneered.

"Casey, this isn't you. There's something wrong," he insisted. She laughed meanly.

"Maybe I'm not the weak little goody-good you all think I am," she retorted, shoving him to the ground.

"What the? Casey?" he asked in confusion. She just laughed, and reached into the car window. When she realized that there were no keys in the car, she just let out a scoff and continued on her way. These people are so lame! she thought to herself. Presently, Emily came by riding on her bike.

"Hey, Casey," she greeted cheerfully. She was ignored. "Casey?" she asked again. Again, there was no answer. "Hey! Case-ey!" With a huff, the girl turned around.

"What?" she snapped.

"Ooooh. Fight with Derek?" her friend asked.

"No," came the answer.

"Then what's wrong?" Emily asked.

"Maybe I just don't feel like spending all of my time with a whining dork like you!" Casey snapped, shoving her friend. With a cry of surprise, Emily fell off of the bike. Before she could get her bearings, Casey grabbed the bike, hopped on, and sped off. I don't believe this! What's gotten into her? Emily wondered as she stood up. Then, she started chasing after her friend. In his house in Angel Grove, Jason had been doing a kata in the living room when he heard the alarms blaring from the basement. Puzzled, he went down and immediately started a scan. After a while, to his surprise, he saw Casey pedaling down her block with a girl chasing after her. What's going on? he wondered.

"Casey, come back here! Give me back my bike!" he heard the girl yell. She took her bike? Jason thought in surprise. Why would she…the question trailed off.

"Uh-oh," he muttered. He touched the communication button on the console. "Casey, report immediately," he ordered.

"Buzz off, old man. I'm sick of getting my life messed up and I'm sick of following your orders," she snarled, and then with one hand, took off her communicator and tossed it on the street. Jason banged a hand on the console.

"Great! Terrific! She's under a spell and I can't transport her here!" he seethed. Then, contacting the other Rangers, "Guys, we've got a situation."

"What's up, Jason?" Alex questioned.

"Casey's under one of Bandora's spells and she took off her communicator," Jason answered.

"What do we do?" Kelly asked.

"First we have to figure out what kind of spell she's under and then we can go from there," Jason answered.

"Right. Alex out," Alex said and they all dropped contact. Emily picked up the communicator. Why would she throw away her watch? she wondered. It didn't make sense. With a sigh, she continued to chase after her friend. This is ridiculous! Why's Casey acting this way? she wondered. It just didn't make sense. Realizing that she wouldn't catch up with her, she headed back. When she reached the MacDonald/Venturi household, she knocked on the door, which was soon opened to reveal Edwin.

"Hey. You here to see Derek or Casey?" he questioned.

"I'm just here to return Casey's watch. And you can tell her to come find me whenever she's over this weird funk of hers," the girl answered, handing him the communicator. Edwin looked at her in confusion. However, before he could ask, she turned on her heel and walked to her house. Okay, this isn't good, he thought to himself. Then, he pocketed the communicator and went to his room, all the while praying that whatever was going on with Casey would end soon.